LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
'The Signal Was Eventually Fired, and If Nothing Else, Provided Excitement for the Many Holidaymakers Now Lining the Cliff Top.'
'The signal was eventually fired, and if nothing else, provided excitement for the many holidaymakers now lining the cliff top.'. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Loreley
HARWICH.—-At noon on the 7th Feb., in answer to a telegram, the Springwtll Life-boat was manned and put off to the rescue of the crew of a vessel ashore on the Shipwash Sand. A strong S.S.E. wind was blowing at the time, and the sea was...
Record of Rescues In 1966
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Category: Services
The End Product. the Tyne Class Lifeboat Voluntary Worker
The end product. The Tyne class lifeboat Voluntary Worker serves in the relief fleet as a constant reminder around the country of the efforts of the volunteer fundraisers.
The lifeboat was named to mark the efforts of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Sailing Vessel Wander Bird
On the evening of the 1st October a message was received from Horse Sand Fort that a vessel was stranded about two hundred yards north of Southsea Castle.
A strong N.W. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor life...
The Proprietor of Josephine's In St. Giles Street, Northampton, Mr. John Warren, Who Is a Member of the Y.L. A., Arranged a Fashion Parade
The proprietor of Josephine's in St. Giles Street, Northampton, Mr. John Warren, who is a member of the Y.L. A., arranged a fashion parade in aid of the R.N.L.I. The fashion parade was held in the showrooms of Grose Ltd., car... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Show of strength
The RNLI's history is full of dramatic twists and turns – and Alan Tyson's mission to weave them into a play is an interesting yarn in itself
‘Now hear ye all of this, good men of Bamburgh,’ shouted the cloaked man...
Category: Articles
Coxswain David Clemence of Ilfracombe
Coxswain David Clemence of Ilfracombe (South West Division) joined the lifeboat crew in 1954 and was second coxswain for three months in 1972 before being appointed coxswain in the same year.
In 1981 he was awarded a framed... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Scarweather Lightvessel
SICK MAN FROM LIGHTVESSEL BROUGHT ASHORE The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At 4.30 on the afternoon of the 10th February, 1963, the honorary secretary received a telephone message from the Superintendent of Trinity House, Swansea, asking for a...
Flower of Portsoy
Shortly after 7 P.M. on the 31st August a telephone message was received, stating that the schooner Flower of Portsoy, of Plymouth, was aground on the Platter Rocks, in Holyhead Bay.
The Cemlyn Life-boat, Anne Collin, was...